Title: Cannot edit widget
Last modified: November 16, 2020

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# Cannot edit widget

 *  Resolved [bimargulies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bimargulies/)
 * (@bimargulies)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget/)
 * I have added a photonic widget to a magazine homepage.
 * It displays:
 * ‘Click on the icon to edit your gallery.’
 * and then
 * ‘Current Shortcode’.
 * The text of the shortcode is read-only. Clicking on the icon results in a delay
   but nothing happens. So, how can I edit the shortcode / change the options in
   the widget?

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 *  Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * (@sayontan)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget/#post-13670510)
 * You are probably getting a JavaScript error in the backend due to a conflict 
   with another plugin.
 * If you open your Developer console (Ctrl + Shift + I, or F12 in Chrome), and 
   go to the “Console” you can see what error is showing up.
 *  Thread Starter [bimargulies](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bimargulies/)
 * (@bimargulies)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget/#post-13670517)
 * This only happens in the ‘live preview’ mode.
 * Otherwise it’s fine.
 *  Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * (@sayontan)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget/#post-13670712)
 * As above, a log from the JavaScript console will help me troubleshoot this for
   you (unless you are OK with editing this from the Widgets page directly).

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-widget/#post-13670712)
 * Status: resolved